Carga

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The carga used to be a unit of mass and volume in various countries.

Commercial weight

Grain measure

  • Colombia: 1 carga = 184 liters ( wheat )
  • Crete: 1 carga = 152.3 liters
  • Catalonia : 1 carga = 175 liters
  • Mexico: 1 Carga = 2 Fanega = 151.63 liters
  • Peru: 1 carga = 172.5 liters ( rice )
  • Yucatan : 1 Carga = 1 Fanega = 60.57 liters

liquid measure

Individual evidence

  1. Author collective: FA Brockhaus Lexikon. in Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna, 14th edition, Volume 3, 1894–1896, p. 936